The Invisible Grid: Health, Human Capital and the Conversion of Well-Being into Economic ValueA comparative reading of Algeria and Malaysia, 2023-2024
Two countries can look alike on the number that health policy celebrates most often, how long people live, and still differ sharply in what that health is worth to the economy. In 2023 life expectancy was 76.3 years in Algeria and 76.7 in Malaysia. Yet gross national income per head was about 15,100 international dolla...